PLex.thal. 73.>CISTINEiE. 411. Helumthemum. M^ 



Heliantlietnum vulgare, Rati Syn. S-II, 1 ; Pnrk. 65G ; Dc.CandoUe ft. 

 Gall. 4495. 



Helianthemum Anglicum luteum, Ger. em. 1282, I. 



Cistus Herianthemiim, Lin. S. P. 744. ! 



Common dwarf cistus. Little sun-jlower. . 



Sandy and chalky pastures ; shrubby ; July and August. 



Stem mostly simple; Leaves slightly rolled back, above 

 hairy, beneath clothllke, white; stipules fv'mgcd; stamens 

 as long as the style, upright, bending down as soon as 

 touched ; fiowers gold yellow. 



6. Helianthemum tomerdosvm, ClothUke dumff-cisius. 



Stem shrubby, trailing; leaves elliptical, oblong; beneath 

 snowy, clothlike, hairs stellate; stipules acute. 



Cistus tomentosus, Scopdli'Fl. Carn. I,'z76. 



Mountains; undershrubby ; July. 



Leaves of the young shoots roundish ; hairs of the upper 

 surface of the leaves simple, of the under stellate; Jloi^'ers 

 large, gold yellow. 



c. Floiuers ivhite ; leaves stipuled at the lose. 



7.Helianthemitmpolifolium. Poly-rleaved dwarf^cisius. 

 5';em rather shrubby, trailing ; leaves .ohlong, revolute, 

 .beneath woolly ; hairs on :both suriaces stellate. 



HeUantl^iennim q, Chamaecistus montanus poiii folio D. PlB-fce)iet,'^S<iii/ 

 'Syn. M2, 4. 



Cistus polifolius, Lin. S. P. 741. 



Ilelianthemutti polifolium,,De Candolle Fl. Gall. 4A99. 



Rocks by the sea ; undershmbby ; June and July. 

 Hairs of the stem adpressed ; leaves green above, white 

 beneath ; petals white, often crenulated. 



Fam. IX. 74. FRANKENIACE^E. Saint Hilaire. , > 

 Calyx persisting, 5-parted or toothed ; petals 5, hypogy- 

 nous, clawed, alteriiating with the ealyK-^l&hes •ySt<mism 5 

 or 6 ; .ovary '■simple ;-^st'ifle 1 -y^ligyjiatn 2 or '3 ;-Gapside ■ <me- 

 celled, 2 or 3-valved ; placentariitjn parietal ; eoreidiim 

 straight, axile ; perisperm fleshy ; radicle below, oriiearHhe 

 hilum. 



412. FRANKENIA. Linnseus. Sea-heath. 



CaZ?/x:Mearly cylindrical, 5-toothed :. petal^claw chanjmb- 



led, erenulated. with a scale. • 



